[Jing Yuan is wise to not admit to that or else Dan Heng would've gone almost instantly into wife mode.]

There's always room to improve on my culinary skills, but I think I can safely say I have the privilege to have more skill than Dan Feng could, if only by virtue of having the opportunity and time to learn.

[He knows himself well enough to recognize that Dan Feng most likely would have preferred to learn such skills himself instead of relying on other people. However, the duties of a High Elder are too vast and time consuming for that to have even been a possibility. When not in battle, Dan Feng would be bogged down by politics. His only light had been the four close friends he made against the wishes of his Preceptors.]

Mm. I'll be waiting.